I don't know what it is, but whenever I'm subjected to the torture that is having to listen to Chuck Grassley labor to construct complete sentences, I can feel my brain cells committing seppuku by the bajillions. Just when I think Republican vacancy and outright silliness couldn't become any more obvious, Grassley trots out another winner. That his latest silliness happens to be on Twitter only serves to demonstrate that Grassley's handlers are clearly asleep at the switch.
What's so amusing- and almost cute- about Grassley is how seriously he takes himself. After lo these many years in Congress, the man still doesn't get what a laughing stock he is. He's like a gaffe looking for a place to happen...and he seldom has to look very far.
Remember back in 1780-something, when we had actual smart people writing our founding documents in beautiful longhand when they weren't inventing new kinds of ploughs and bifocals and shit? Now our nation's top legislators just type away like petulant teenage girls, with their thumbs, about how the president is so awful for spending the weekend in Paris. We are all stupider for having read this.
Yes, we are. Sadly, Repubithugs like Grassley honestly seem to think that they can gain something resembling political traction by turning Barack & Michelle Obama's "date night" into a "legitimate" issue. You think that Republicans, being the "family values" crowd they portray themselves as, would be celebrating a couple working hard to feed and nurture their relationship while in the midst of the White House fish bowl.
The problem for Republicans is that they're out of bullets. Devoid of ideas, and left with their quickly burgeoning reputation as the "Party of No", they've got no viable alternatives. If Chuck Grassley seriously thinks that "date night" presents a legitimate political issue, the Republicans may just be wandering in the wilderness for a good long while. Personally, I like that idea.
In the meantime, will someone PLEASE tell Grassley to stay off Twitter...unless he really enjoys broadcasting his aggressive ignorance far and wide....
